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CAREERupdate CURRENT AFFAIRS 2018 SELECTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - 04 IMPORTANT EVENTS 2017 - 2018 & WHO’S WHO 01. Who is the present Chairman of the Innovation Council and Chief Executive Officer of Kerala? K.M. Abraham CAREERCAREERCAREERThe present Chief Secretary of Kerala - Paul Antony 02. Which city hosted the 105th Indian Science Congress in 2018? Imphal (in Manipur) 104th Indian Science Congress - Tirupati (in Andhra Pradesh) 03. WhichGUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE picture is depicted on the new Rs. 10 note to be issued by the RBI? The Konark Sun Temple in Odisha The colour of the new Rs. 10 note - Chocolate brown The present Governor of RBI - Urjit Patel 04. In whichBUREAUBUREAUBUREAU year did blue moon, super moon and blood moon coincide after the year of 1866? 2018 (January 31) CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. 05. Who became the first woman Defence Minister of India to fly in a combat jet Sukhoi 30MKI? Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman is the first full time woman Defence Minister of India. The first Indian woman pilot to fly a fighter aircraft, the MiG-21 Bi- son solo - Avani Chaturvedi The first woman pilot of Indian Navy - Shubhangi Swaroop 06. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Kerala Public Service Commission? Adv. M.K. Sakeer The president of the Kerala State Sports Council - T.P. Dasan 07. Who is the present Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy? AdmiralCAREERCAREERCAREER Sunil Lanba 08. Who is serving as the current Chief Electoral officer of Kerala? Teekaram Meena The present Chief Election Commissioner of Kerala - V. Bhaskaran 09. Who is the present Chairperson of Women’s Commission of Kerala? M.C. JosephineGUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE The present Chairperson of the National Commission for Women - Rekha Sharma 10. Who is serving as the current Chairman of the Kerala Sahitya Acad- emy? Vaisakhan The currentBUREAUBUREAUBUREAU Chairman of the Kerala Folklore Academy - C. J. Kuttappan CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. The Chairperson of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy - KPAC Lalitha The Chairman of the Kerala Lalithakala Academy - Nemom Pushparaj 11. Who is serving as the current Chief Information Commissioner of Kerala? Vinson M. Paul The Chief Information Commissioner of India - Radha Krishna Mathu 12. Name the integrated digital banking platform launched by the SBI to enable users to access a variety of financial and other services. YONO (You Only Need One) The present chairman of SBI - Rajnish Kumar 13. Which is the cleanest city from Kerala according to the Swachh Survekshan 2017? KozhikodeCAREERCAREER CAREER CAREER The second city from Kerala - Kochi The City that tops the list of most prosperous cities in India accord- ing to the study of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) on behalf of the ADB - Kochi 14. WhoGUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE is the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court? Indu Malhotra Justice R. Banumathi and Indu Malhotra are the current sitting women judges in the Supreme Court. 15. Who chaired the nine-judge Constitutional bench which declared that the RightBUREAUBUREAUBUREAU to Privacy is a fundamental right? Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar/ J.S. Khehar Right to Privacy is included in Article 21. CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. 16. Which year is observed as National Year of Millets? 2018 International Year of Indigenous Languages - 2019 17. What is the scientific name of the state fruit of Kerala? Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit is declared as the national fruit of Kerala (on March 21, 2018). The Centre for Jackfruit Research is established at Ambalavayal (in Wayanad). 18. Which festival of India is recognised as the Intangible Cultural Heri- tage by the UNESCO? Kumbh Mela The headquarters of the UNESCO - Paris The incumbent Director-General of UNESCO - Audrey Azoulay 19.CAREERCAREER CAREERWhich tree is declared as the official tree of Goa? Coconut tree The coconut tree is the official tree of Kerala and Goa. The scientific name of coconut tree - Cocos nucifera 20. Name the scheme introduced by the P.M. Narendra Modi to make airGUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE travel much cheaper in smaller cities in India. UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) 21. Who is the director of the first Sanskrit 3D film in the world? Asokan P.K. ‘Anurakthi’ is the first Sanskrit 3D film in the world. The director of the film ‘Newton’, which has been selected as India’s officialBUREAUBUREAUBUREAU entry for Oscars - Amit V. Masurkar 22. What is titled as the celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Kerala? CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. Vivekananda Sparsham Swami Vivekananda visited Kerala in 1892. 23. Which country has the largest number of Indian migrants according to the new UN report? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) India tops the world in the number of migrants sent abroad. 24. Who is the incumbent Chief Justice of Kerala? Justice Antony Dominic Justice K.T. Koshi was appointed the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala. 25. Who is the present Vigilance Director of Kerala? Nirmal Chandra Asthana The Anglo-Indian representative to the 14th Kerala Legislative As- CAREERCAREERCAREERsembly - John Fernandez 26. In which place in India was the naval maritime aircraft museum in- augurated by the President Ram Nath Kovind? Visakhapatnam The Union Territory in India that has recently launched the tourist- friendlyGUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE police force - Puduchery 27. Who is the new Chairman of the Kerala State Film Academy? Kamal The Chairman of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation - Lenin Rajendran 28. Who has been appointed the Chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India?BUREAUBUREAUBUREAU Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan The new Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala Kalamandalam - T.K. CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. Narayanan The present Chancellor of the Kerala Kalamandalam - P. Sathasivam (The Governor of Kerala 29. Which is India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer? Pratyush Pratyush is the fourth fastest super-computer in the world dedicated for weather and climate research. 30. Name the first Asian to win the Golden Globe award for the best actor. Aziz Ansari (Indian-origin) The first Indian to win the Golden Globe award - A.R. Rahman (for the best original music score for Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Million- aire’) 31.CAREERCAREERCAREER Which is the capital of Andhra Pradesh? Amaravati Andhra Pradesh plans to introduce ‘Bhoodhar card’ for a digital record of each individual’s land holdings with a particular number. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh - N.GUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE Chandrababu Naidu 32. Who has become the 45th Chief Justice of India, Justice J. S. Khehar? Justice Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra headed the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court to announce playing the national anthem before screening mov- ies in cinema halls is not mandatory. 33. WhichBUREAUBUREAUBUREAU is the first all-women railway station in India to enter the Limca Book of Records? Matunga Railway Station (Mumbai) CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU ATTINGAL, TVPM & KOTTARAKKARA - 8590 333 999 www.careerguidancebureau.com Fresh batches for: Secretariat Assistant, Univer- sity Assistant, HSA (PS), LDC (Longe Term) Separate hostel facilities for ladies and gents for outstation candidates. India’s first non suburban railway station fully operated by women staff - Gandhinagar railway station (Jaipur) 34. Who has been appointed the new UPSC Chairman? Vinay Mittal The new Chairman of UGC - Prof. Dhirendra Pal Singh 35. Who is the present permanent representative of India to the UN? Syed Akbaruddin The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India - Sailesh I.A.S. 36. Who is the present Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India? Dr. Sekhar Basu The Central Vigilance Commissioner of India - K.V. Chowdary 37.CAREERCAREERCAREER Name the first Indian American to be elected to the U.S. senate. Kamala Harris The president of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi - Chandrashekhara Kambara (Kannada writer and Jnanpith recipient) He has won the Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan award for the year 2018.GUIDANCEGUIDANCEGUIDANCE 38. Name the union ministry of India which launched the scheme ‘Saksham 2018’. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Saksham aims at creating focused attention on fuel conservation throughBUREAUBUREAU people centric activities and efficient use